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Nov 9 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
#Russia_Energy: The Northern Sea Route is being used by Russia to export oil to China. The Vasily Dinkov ship will arrive at the Chinese port on November 17. The first time a ship was sent was in 2019, but from this November, and even more so in the summer of 2023,⤵️
Russia will send even more ships. This route is a shortcut unlike the longer one through the Suez Canal. Land and sea routes are becoming congested due to Russia's trade decoupling from the EU and the reorientation towards China.⤵️
EU ports are closed to Russian ships as a result of the sanctions. Therefore, the use of the Arctic route can become a vital transport artery between Russia and Asia (China).
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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#Moldova: The EU will give €200 million to Moldova to deal with the energy crisis. Half is in credits. During 2022, the EU has allocated €840 million in grants and credits. von der Leyen is in Chisinau today and Metsola should arrive tmr. Meanwhile,⤵️
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#Georgia: The country is literally stalled by the state of democratic institutions and the political ossification. The recent IRI survey shows the following: 1) The direction in which the country is moving is perceived as positive by only 30% (this figure did not change ⤵️
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#Moldova: Justice Minister Litvinenco announced that he will ask the Constitutional Court to declare the Shor Party "unconstitutional", mainly on the grounds of illegal funding and collusion with Russian special forces. President Sandu did not oppose this idea⤵️
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#Critical_Infrastructure: As Russia targets critical infrastructure in Ukraine and is suspected of being behind the NS1 and NS2 explosions, EU member states are increasingly concerned about the security of critical infrastructure on land and undersea. In October,⤵️
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